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Marsh Horsetail

Equisetum palustre

2,785Records since 2000
JunePeak month
87Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar5
Apr111
May261
Jun693
Jul666
Aug401
Sep172
Oct33
Nov5
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England259
2Norfolk England249
3North Yorkshire England175
4Highland Scotland163
5Cambridgeshire England114
6Pembrokeshire Wales101
7Perth and Kinross Scotland77
8Isle of Anglesey Wales67
9Argyll and Bute Scotland60
10Powys Wales51
11Scottish Borders Scotland50
12Sefton England49
13Cumbria England46
14Fife Scotland44
15Suffolk England41
1,734 England545 Scotland339 Wales44 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 87 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,785
Peak month
June
Counties with records
87
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Equisetum palustre
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
19,072
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Equisetales
Family
Equisetaceae
Genus
Equisetum
Name with authority
Equisetum palustre L.
Contributing datasets
49

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21122 · GBIF 2687932